Is there any way to get parts for worn out bachman loco's if you never registered? The motor on my son's N scale McKinley explorer EMD F9 seems to have toasted the brushes in it's motor. Part number is 9902. He loves trains and I'd like to fix it for him.

Thanks

I may have an answer to your question. I bought an N Scale McKinley Explorer for my kid for Chrismas last year. I noticed a lot of noise also. After a while of running it, I became curious enough to take it apart to see what was the matter.   

When I split the chassis and cleaned it up, I noticed the paint on the inside of the engine, was worn off in the vicinity of the worm gear that drives the wheels. So my theory is that the noise is the plastic worm gear rubbing the motor/drive housing.

I had planned to take a dremel tool to the offending side and ever so gently remove some metal. . . .  but the motor died. Unfortunately I never registered, and I can't get them to send me a new motor after several emails. So now my loco is a basket case.